Word Problems

If Jack had twice the amount of money that he has, he would have exactly the amount necessary to buy 3 hamburgers at $0.96apieceand2milkshakesat$1.28 apiece. How much money does Jack have?

The sum of the ages of Doris and Fred is y years. If Doris is 12 years older than Fred , how many years old will Fred be y years from now, in terms of y ?

Craig sells major appliances. For each appliance he sells, Craig receives a commission of $50plus10percentofthesellingprice.DuringoneparticularweekCraigsold6appliancesforsellingpricestotaling$3,620. What was the total of Craig's commissions for that week?

Rene earns $8.50 per hour on days other than Sundays and twice that rate on Sundays. Last week she worked a total of 40 hours, including 8 hours on Sunday. What were her earnings for the week?

A certain manufacturer produces items for which the production costs consist of annual fixed costs totaling $130,000andvariablecostsaveraging$8 per item. If the manufacturer's selling price per item is $15,howmanyitemsmustthemanufacturerproduceandselltoearnanannualprofitof$150,000 ?

Three business partners, Q, R, and S, agree to divide their total profit for a certain year in the ratios 2:5:8, respectively. If Q's share was $4,000, what was the total profit of the business partners for the year?

If Mel saved more than $10 by purchasing a sweater at a 15 percent discount, what is the smallest amount the original price of the sweater could be, to the nearest dollar?

At a certain pizzeria, 1/8 of the pizzas sold in one week were mushroom and 1/3 of the remaining pizzas sold were pepperoni. If n of the pizzas sold were pepperoni, how many were mushroom?

Members of a social club met to address 280 newsletters. If they addressed 1/4 of the newsletters during the first hour and 2/5 of the remaining newsletters during the second hour, how many newsletters did they address during the second hour?

In a certain pond, 50 fish were caught, tagged, and returned to the pond. A few days later, 50 fish were caught again, of which 2 were found to have been tagged. If the percent of tagged fish in the second catch approximates the percent of tagged fish in the pond, what is the approximate number of fish in the pond?

A factory that employs 1000 assembly line workers pays each of these workers $5 per hour for the first 40 hours worked during a week and 1 1 2 times that rate for hours worked in excess of 40. What was the total payroll for the assembly-line workers for a week in which 30 percent of them worked 20 hours, 50 percent worked 40 hours, and the rest worked 50 hours?

One week a certain truck rental lot had a total of 20 trucks, all of which were on the lot Monday morning. If 50 percent of the trucks that were rented out during the week were returned to the lot on or before Saturday morning of that week, and if there were at least 12 trucks on the lot that Saturday morning, what is the greatest number of different trucks that could have been rented out during the week?

Elena purchased Brand X pens for $4.00apieceandbrandYfor$2.80 apiece. If Elena purchased a total of 12 of these pens for $42.00, how many brand X pens did she purchase?

If the cost of 12 eggs varies between $0.90and$1.20, and the cost of 5 sandwiches varies between $10and$15, then the cost of 4 eggs and 3 sandwiches varies between

Salesperson A's compensation for any week is $360plus6percentoftheportionof{A}^{\prime }stotalsalesabove$1,000 for that week. Salesperson B's compensation for any week is 8 percent of B's total sales for that week. For what amount of total weekly sales would both salespeople earn the same compensation?

In a certain brick wall, each row of bricks above the bottom row contains one less brick than the row just below it. If there are 5 rows in all and a total of 75 bricks in the wall, how many bricks does the bottom row contain ?

During the first week of September, a shoe retailer sold 10 pairs of a certain style of oxfords at $35apair.If,duringthesecondweekofSeptember,15pairsweresoldatthesalepriceof$ 27.50 a pair, by what amount did the revenue from weekly sales of these oxfords increase during the second week?

During a car trip, Maria stopped to rest after she traveled 1/2 of the total distance to her destination. she stopped again after she traveled 1/4 of the distance remaining between her first stop and her destination, and then she drove the remaining 120 miles to her detination. What was the total distance, in miles from Maria's starting point to her destination?

The cost of picture frame M is $10.00lessthan3timesthecostofpictureframeN.IfthecostofframeMis$50.00, what is the cost of frame N ?

Marion rented a car for $18.00plus$0.10 per mile driven. Craig rented a car for $25.00plus$0.05 per mile driven. If each drove d miles and each was charged exactly the same amount for the rental, then d equals